Pursuant to Section 1008(b) of the Borough Code [53 P.S. § 46008(b)], the codification of a complete body of legislation for the Borough of Zelienople, County of Butler, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters, articles and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 280, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as a single ordinance of the Borough of Zelienople, which shall be known and is hereby designated as the "Code of the Borough of Zelienople," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."

The provisions of this Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of ordinances and resolutions in force immediately prior to the enactment of this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and resolutions and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior ordinance or resolution. All such provisions are hereby continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption by the Borough Council of the Borough of Zelienople, and it is the intention of said Borough Council that each such provision contained within the Code is hereby reenacted and reaffirmed as it appears in said Code. Only such provisions of former ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-3 below, and only changed provisions, as described in § 1-6 below, shall be deemed to be enacted from the effective date of this Code, as provided in § 1-15 below.

Except as provided in § 1-4, Ordinances saved from repeal; matters not affected by repeal, below, all ordinances or parts ordinances inconsistent with the provisions contained in the Code adopted by this ordinance are hereby repealed as of the effective date given in § 1-15; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be to the extent of such inconsistency, and any valid legislation of the Borough of Zelienople which is not in conflict with the provisions of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect.

The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-3 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal; provided, however, that the repeal of ordinances pursuant to § 1-3 or the saving from repeal of ordinances pursuant to this section shall not be construed so as to revive any ordinance previously repealed, superseded or no longer of any effect:

Any
right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative
provision of the Borough prior to the effective date of this ordinance
or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right
or liability or any cause of action acquired or existing.

Any
offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this
ordinance in violation of any legislative provision of the Borough
or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.

Any
prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding pending
or any judgment rendered prior to the effective date of this ordinance,
brought pursuant to any legislative provision of the Borough.

Any
ordinance appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or
guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and
delivery of any bond of the Borough or other instruments or evidence
of the Borough's indebtedness.

Any
ordinance or part of an ordinance providing for laying out, opening,
altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing grade,
changing name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way,
easement, street, road, highway, sidewalk, park or other public place
or property or designating various streets as public highways.

Any
ordinance establishing water, sewer or other special purpose districts
and designating the boundaries thereof; providing for a system of
sewers or water supply lines; or providing for the construction, extension,
dedication, acceptance or abandonment of any part of a system of sewers
or water supply lines.

All ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted subsequent to the date given in § 1-4A and/or prior to the date of adoption of this ordinance are hereby deemed to be a part of the Code and shall, upon being printed, be included therein. Attested copies of all such ordinances shall be temporarily placed in the Code until printed supplements are included.

Nonsubstantive
grammatical changes. In compiling and preparing the ordinances and
resolutions of the Borough for adoption and revision as part of the
Code, certain nonsubstantive grammatical and style changes were made
in one or more of said ordinances. It is the intention of the Borough
Council that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if
the ordinances and resolutions so changed had been previously formally
amended to read as such.

Substantive changes and revisions. In addition to the changes and revisions described above, changes and revisions of a substantive nature, as set forth in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof, are hereby made to various ordinances and resolutions included in the Code. These changes are enacted to bring provisions into conformity with the desired policies of the Borough Council, and it is the intent of the Borough Council that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances and resolutions so changed had been previously formally amended to read as such. All such changes and revisions shall be deemed to be in effect as of the effective date of the Code specified in § 1-15.[1]

Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-6D, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, deleted) 10-10-2011 by Ord. No. 814-11." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Borough offices.

In interpreting and applying the provisions of the Code, they
shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of
the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and general welfare.
Where the provisions of the Code impose greater restrictions or requirements
than those of any statute, other ordinance, resolution or regulation,
the provisions of the Code shall control. Where the provisions of
any statute, other ordinance, resolution or regulation impose greater
restrictions or requirements, the provisions of such statute, other
ordinance, resolution or regulation shall control.

Chapter
and article titles, headings and titles of sections and other divisions
in the Code or in supplements made to the Code are inserted in the
Code and may be inserted in supplements to the Code for the convenience
of persons using the Code and are not part of the legislation.

Editor's
notes indicating sources of sections, giving other information or
referring to the statutes or to other parts of the Code are inserted
in the Code and may be inserted in supplements to the Code for the
convenience of persons using the Code and are not part of the legislation.

At least one copy of the Code in a post-bound volume shall be
filed with the Ordinance Book in the office of the Borough Secretary
and shall remain there for use and examination by the public. Upon
adoption, such copy or copies shall be certified to by the Borough
Secretary, as provided by law, and such certified copy or copies shall
remain on file in the office of the Borough Secretary, available to
persons desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code
is in effect.

Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements
to the Code, when passed and adopted in such form as to indicate the
intention of the Borough Council to be a part thereof, shall be deemed
to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the Code shall
be understood and intended to include such changes. Whenever such
additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code shall
be adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder,
inserted in the post-bound book containing said Code as amendments
and supplements thereto.

It shall be the duty of the Borough Secretary or someone authorized
and directed by him or her to keep up-to-date the certified copy or
copies of the book containing the Code required to be filed in the
office of the Borough Secretary for the use of the public. All changes
in said Code and all ordinances and resolutions adopted by the Borough
Council subsequent to the effective date of this codification which
the Borough Council shall adopt specifically as part of the Code shall,
when finally adopted, be included therein by reference until such
changes or new ordinances or resolutions are printed as supplements
to said Code books, at which time such supplements shall be inserted
therein.

The Borough Secretary, pursuant to law, shall cause to be published
in the manner required a notice of the introduction and of the adoption
of the Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough.
The enactment and application of this ordinance, coupled with the
publication of the notices of introduction and adoption, as required
by law, and the availability of a copy or copies of the Code for inspection
by the public, shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and
legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.

It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend,
by additions or deletions, or to alter or tamper with the Code or
any part or portion thereof, in any manner whatsoever, which will
cause the law of the Borough to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone
violating this section of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punished by a fine not exceeding $600, plus costs of prosecution,
and, in default of payment thereof, by imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 30 days.

The provisions of this ordinance and of the Code adopted hereby
are severable, and if any clause, sentence, subsection, section, article,
chapter or part thereof shall be adjudged by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment
or decision shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof
but shall be confined in its operation and application to the clause,
sentence, subsection, section, article, chapter or part thereof rendered
illegal, invalid or unconstitutional. It is hereby declared to be
the intent of the Borough Council that this ordinance and the Code
would have been adopted if such illegal, invalid or unconstitutional
clause, sentence, subsection, section, article, chapter or part thereof
had not been included therein.